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The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes
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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
The cyclops (particularly the carapace of a cicada of sea) by Alessandro Pagano
The cyclops (particularly the carapace of a cicada of sea)
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Buried veined/coconut octopus in the sand at night by Laura Dinraths
Buried veined/coconut octopus in the sand at night
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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S M A S H E R Pink-eared Mantis shrimp (Gonodactylidae)... by Irwin Ang
S M A S H E R
Pink-eared Mantis shrimp (Gonodactylidae)
Anilao, Philippines. January 2015
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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W O O Mimic Leatherjacket (blacksaddle mimic) - Paralut... by Irwin Ang
W O O
Mimic Leatherjacket (blacksaddle mimic) - Paraluteres prionurus
Pom Pom Island, Malaysia. March 2015
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Jawfish carrying eggs in the mouth by Raffaele Livornese
Jawfish carrying eggs in the mouth
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Another yellowhead jawfish cleaning house. by J. Daniel Horovatin
Another yellowhead jawfish cleaning house.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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This frogfish portrait is my first attempt at using a sno... by Susan Nickerson
This frogfish portrait is my first attempt at using a snoot while on an U/W photo workshop in Anilao.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Portrait by Robert Malolepszy
Portrait
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Squat shrimp in anemone. by J. Daniel Horovatin
Squat shrimp in anemone.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Sand-perch portrait by Laura Dinraths
Sand-perch portrait
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 2, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Kiss Me by Kf Leong
Kiss Me
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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the conch by Terry Eames
the conch
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Coiled basket star (echinoderm) in a reef crevice by day by Laura Dinraths
Coiled basket star (echinoderm) in a reef crevice by day
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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yellow goby by Taco Cheung
yellow goby
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Interesting color of this christmas treeworm by J. Daniel Horovatin
Interesting color of this christmas treeworm
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Moray, Olympus 60 mm macro lens, PL6 by Jonny Haugstad
Moray, Olympus 60 mm macro lens, PL6
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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"Squat Shrimp Portrait" Canon 5Diii in Aquatica 250pro... by Wayne Jones
"Squat Shrimp Portrait"
Canon 5Diii in Aquatica
250pro with snoot
1/200 f25 iso200
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish Dumaguete, Philippines by Robin Bateman
Ornate Ghost Pipefish
Dumaguete, Philippines
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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I spy with my little eye. Taken with Oly OM-D EM-5 w/60mm... by Adeline Wee
I spy with my little eye. Taken with Oly OM-D EM-5 w/60mm macro lens
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Spider crab perched on algae at night by Laura Dinraths
Spider crab perched on algae at night
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pharaoh cuttlefish hovering over algae and seagrass by Laura Dinraths
Pharaoh cuttlefish hovering over algae and seagrass
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Porcelain Crab, Bohol. by Jonny Haugstad
Porcelain Crab, Bohol.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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This female cuttle fish, although initially cautious, aft... by Elaine Wallace
This female cuttle fish, although initially cautious, after a couple of minutes ignored us and continued placing her eggs deep in the coral. Over the next few days she filled the coral with her eggs. Sadly this will be her final act.
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Cassiopea andromeda upside-down jellyfish by Laura Dinraths
Cassiopea andromeda upside-down jellyfish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The pearler by Stepan Reshetnikov
The pearler
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Whip coral gobies and eggs by Laura Dinraths
Whip coral gobies and eggs
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A little nervous by Salvatore Ianniello
A little nervous
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Amazing color and POV!
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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